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"Music is the melody whose text is the world."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Music, World

"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Music, Mistakes, Life, Practice

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Music, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"Music is the language of the soul and the expression of deep inner feelings."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Soul, Feelings, Deep

"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Music, Art, God

"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Music, Jazz, Humor, Truth

"They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Music, Regret, Today, Wisdom

"No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Music, Change, Structure, Art

"Music is healing and soothing. It is the universal language of kindness and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Healing, Language, Love

"Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish."

William Blake, English Poet

Music, Poetry, Nations, Painting

Explore more quotes by Roger McGuinn

"I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village."

Sound

"Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that."

Work

"I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it."

Play

"Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that."

Money

"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."

Fame

"Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff."

Experience

"The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957."

First

"But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there."

Imagination

"Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them."

Music